Artificial Intelligence Research Capabilities of the Air Force Institute of Technology (Research in Progress)

The Air Force Institute of Technology [AFIT] provides master’s degree education to Air Force and Army Officers in various engineering fields. It is in a unique position to educate and perform research in the area of applications of artificial intelligence to military problems. Its two AI faculty members are the only military officers with Ph D’s in Artificial Intelligence. In the past two years, the artificial intelligence Laboratory of the AFIT has become a major focal point for AI research and applications within the government In this article, we describe our on-going applications research in the areas of automated cockpit systems, natural language understanding, maintenance expert systems, expert systems for planning, and knowledge based software design.